§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the total budget of the International Atomic Energy Agency; what proportion of that budget is spent on safeguards; what is the United Kingdom's annual contribution to the budget of the agency; and what proportion of that contribution is spent on safeguards. [23071]
§ Mr. Ian TaylorThe regular budget of the International Atomic Energy Agency for 1995, as agreed by the general conference in September 1994, is $211,557,000 of which the safeguards programme accounts for 34.38 per cent. or $72,745,000.
The United Kingdom paid its share of £8,048,512 or 5.277 per cent. in full in February this year. The contributions from the member states are pooled by the IAEA and allocated amongst the wide range of programmes it supports.